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Fire Safety in High-rise buildings.
If you are responsible for Fire safety or are a resident of a high-rise, multi-occupancy property you will be only too aware of the increased awareness of the need for enhanced fire detection and evacuation processes.
The former ‘stay put’ guidance is now regarded as unsafe and has been replaced by a ‘simultaneous evacuation’ strategy.
Many properties have deployed a waking watch service; this is a fire protection service and involves marshals patrolling to lookout for potential signs of a fire. They are also responsible for raising the alarm.
These services are costing property owners and residents thousands of pounds. A Waking Watch service can be replaced by a wireless Fire Detection System. This meets all the required standards and is quickly and easily installed. The total one-off cost of a Fire Detection System can be less than 10 weeks of a Waking Watch service.
The Honeywell HRDP Digital Video Recorder (DVR) is a multi-channel CCTV recorder and multiplexer supporting 4, 8 or 16 cameras. It has embedded Linux as its operating system which provides a secure and stable platform. This unit supports an overall recording rate of 100 Images Per Second and uses the MPEG4 standard to compress video recordings.
It has a number of configurable components such as individual camera setup, recording modes and individual user setup and privileges. This DVR is also equipped with an internal DVD-RW and two USB 2.0 ports. It can be networked for local and remote Internet connection. Specific software is supplied or remote connections can be made by authorised users by means of an Internet Explorer web browser. It has 4, 8 or 16 alarm inputs, 1 relay output on the 4 and 8 camera units and 4 relay outputs on the 16 camera unit. There is also a single audio out and audio in the channel on all units.
Key Features
4, 8 or 16 cameras
Embedded Linux Operating System
100 Images Per Second
MPEG4 video compression
Individual Camera set up
Can be Networked (incorporated web server)
Connection via specific software or Internet Explorer browser